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Michel89
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8 years ago
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Calculation between two tables

Hello everybody,   I'm new to PowerBI and have a question about creating a query / formula that can calculate a value from cells of different tables.  I have a table called 'Werkzaamheden' and a t...
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    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I think you are trying to create a MEASURE (meetwaarde), you should create a COLUMN (kolom). Add the column to the [Werkzaamheden] table and not the [Kosten] table. I just tried and it worked :)

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Michel89
Regular Visitor
8 years ago

I've tried adding a column to the table 'Werkzaamheden', but got an error:

Expression.Error: The name RELATED hasn't been recognized.

 

= Table.AddColumn(#"Type gewijzigd", "KostenWerkzaamheden", each Werkzaamheden[Duur] * RELATED(Kosten[Kosten]))

 

I don't know what I'm doing wrong? 

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Anonymous
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8 years ago

Are you using PowerBI Desktop? Looks like your adding the column in the wrong place (the query editor instead of in the table). Check out this video about how to add a calculated column to a table:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62mLfiNcqVM